DropDownList populated with Objects

Question

I have the following problem when populating a DropDownList with Objects and then calling getSelected():
1. Create a new project.
2. Add options and MyObject to the code:
    private Option[] options;
    public Option[] getOptions() { return options; }
    class MyObject {
        String label;
        public MyObject(String label) {this.label = label;}
        public String toString() {return "from toString():"+label;}
    }3. Initializise the options:
        options = new Option[] {
            new Option(new MyObject("Test1"), "Label1"),
            new Option(new MyObject("Test2"), "Label2")
        };4. Place a DropDownList, a Button and a StaticTextField on the page and reference the options from the DropDownList:
#{Page1.options}5. Call the getSelected() method on the DropDownList:
    public String button1_action() {
        Object o = this.dropDown1.getSelected();
        if (o instanceof String)
            this.getStaticText1().setValue(o);
        return null;
    }6. When clicking the button it reveals that the getSelected() method is not returning the selected object but the String returned from its toString() method.

Answer 1

In case you didn't get an answer to this on another thread. I did some checking and it looks like the online help is incorrect. selected() returns a String, not a object per say. that is why it calls the toString() method to get its value. ie,
        if (o instanceof MyObject)
            this.getStaticText1().setValue("its MyObject");does not return a true value, only instanceof String does.
Hope it helps,
Lark